I recently wrote a book that I titled, “Double Loading.” The concept behind the book is based on adding weight to your lifts on a weekly basis for sets of five reps and single reps. The weekly additions of weight…
This is another article on the topic of escalating loading ramps. I suppose some people would call my version of escalating loading ramps non-linear periodization, or undulating periodization. Whatever you want to call it, this training strategy has the potential…
One training strategy that can be used in conjunction with high frequency training is escalating loading ramps. A loading ramp is simply a series of workouts in which the load (i.e. the poundage) is increased from workout to workout. If…
If you love strength training, you won’t mind working out five days per week. Those of you who enjoy frequent training can use a very systematic plan that I refer to as high frequency loading ramps. I also refer to…
If you want to make it easy for your body to adjust to the changes you make in training, you can try the strategy of increasing just one training variable (i.e. one type of training stress) at a time from…
Blog Entry 7 This is part seven of a series of articles that explain The 4 x 10 Workout. The 4 x 10 Workout consists of four sets of ten reps for each muscle group, however, the workout is performed…
Blog Entry 6 This article is part 6 of a series of articles that explain The 4 x 10 Workout, which consists of four phases of training. The first phase is based on giant-sets for the same muscle group. The…
This is part five of a series of articles that combine to explain The 4 x 10 Workout. Just to review, The 4 x 10 Workout is designed to be a nonstop workout, so one of the objectives is to…
This is part four of a series of articles that make up an explanation of the 4 x 10 workout. This section deals with The Giant-Set Workout, which consists of giant-sets for the same muscle group. The previous articles that…
The light-heavy workout was basically an absurd idea in my own mind until I was forced to try it for a while. I used the light-heavy workout about 15 years ago, and the only reason I used it was because…
